Do mega-mergers create value? The acquisition experience and mega-deal outcomes

Sizing Up the Mega-Mergers Through Prisms and Microscopes.

Prisms are one of the oldest tools ophthal­ mologists use to examine misaligned eyes. The prism bends light rays but does not focus them and lets the doctor measure, in mil­ limeters, the deviation between two eyes. In trying to get a read on how regulators will examine the alignment of the Anthem–Cigna and Aetna–Humana mega­mergers, antitrust attorney Matthew Cantor found his prism in, of all ...

Intermodal Terminals, Mega Ports and Mega Logistics

Economic globalization has been accompanied by a growing spatial imprint of freight distribution on the landscape, particularly for intermodal terminals such as ports, airports and railyards, but also for logistical activities, namely distribution centers. Economies that have relied on globalization to promote growth, China been the most eloquent example, have relied extensively on major interm...

Mega-ureter.

Mega-fistula

385 Aneurysmal dilation of AVF is due to the complex interplay between biologic factors like needle injury that induce outward wall remodeling, and physical factors such as wall tension that is directly proportional to intraaccess pressures. In a series of patients who underwent minimally invasive limited ligation endoluminal-assisted revision banding, pressure within the mid-fistula was reduce...

The MEGA-cake problem

This question was posed as a challenge problem during the MEGA-conference. The prize, a large cake, was to be divided among the submitters towards a solution of the problem. This explains the name of this article. It turned out that it is not very easy to say something nontrivial about this problem, so the number of submissions to the problem was very small indeed, one. The prize winner subsequ...